The Greatest Band in the World

[arch_enemy666]

If you could create a band consisting of your most favorite musicians who would you pic, and since there are so many great players try to limit yourself to 2/3 guitarist, 1 bass player, 1 drummer, 1 keyboarder,1 singer, and if you want to add other instrument player go(sax, trumpit, violin, etc.)


Here is mine:

Guitar-Yngwie Malmsteen
Guitar-Randy Rhoads
Guitar-Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho
Bass-Cliff Burton
Keyboard-Pasi Hiltula
Drums-Lars Ulrich
Vocals-Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho

I put the 3 guitarists because if Iron Maiden can make it work it is ok by me

 

[Fenrir13]

Drums: Frost(Satyricon)
Guitar: Alexi Laiho
Guitar: Nocturno Culto(Darkthrone)
Vocals: Gaahl(Gorgoroth)
Bass: Alex Webster(Corpse)
Keyboards: Janne Warman
And Will Ferrell on the Cowbell

Don't Fear the Reaper...

 

[-Rivfader-]

Lead Guitar - Alexi Laiho (CoB)
Rythym Guitar - Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)
Keyboards - Janne (CoB)
Vocals - Warrel Dane (Nevermore)
Bass - Bryon Stroud (Strapping Young Lad/Fear Factory)
Drums - Daniel Erlandson (Arch Enemy)

 

[AlexiFollower]

guitar - Randy Rhoads
guitar - Alexi Laiho
keys - Mozart!
drums - Jaska
bass - Cliff Burton
vocals - Tarja Turunen

 

[Lanterns]

Guitar1 -Randy Rhoads
Guitar2 -Bunny
Guitar3 -Miika Tenkula (lead guitar in Sentenced; luv his sound!)
Bass -Cliff Burton (or yours truly in a few years, haha)
Drums -Daniel Erlandsson
Keys -Pasi Hiltula
Vocals -Tairrie B [the scream queen!] and Taneli Jarva!



Oh and clean female vox should be done by Karan Casey! She's an Irish trad/folk singer btw and has an awesome voice.

As you see, my dream band would have 3 excellent lead guitarists. All three of them should of course play rhythm *and* lead, and have some kickass shred battles :Spin: (Alright i know, Randy would probably win, but the two Finns would be close! )

And it would have two kickass growlers too; they could have scream battles! Wait...maybe the bunny could join them too and make it a three-way scream battle!

Of course there could be VARIATIONS. There's sooo many great musicians it's difficult to choose!
For example, the guitarists could also be Roope Latvala (lead) and James Hetfield (rhythm). And the bassist Steve Harris (his "galloping" style just fucking rules!).

And that said, my metal knowledge is still limited. I've always been into rock and hard rock (at 13 I listened to Michael Schenker Group -and there we have another shred master!- , Bon Jovi, G'N'R, etc and I always liked M. Knopfler and the Dire Straits too...), but i've only been a real *metal* chick for a year or so!

 

[MagSec4]

This exact same thread exists already, but ehh! at the moment I can't be bothered to look.

 

[arch_enemy666]

Sorry, I didn't know about a thread like this, I don't go searchin through old shit.

 

[Tut Ankh Amon]

okay, i'll think of something more creative on this thread
if i could pick people to do project of a weird conceptual album:

Steve Vai - Guitars
Terry Bozzio - Drums
Steve DiGiorgio - Bass
Keith Emerson - Synths
Jordan Rudess - Keys
Vai again, James Labrie, Bruce Dickinson, Crissy Scabbia & Vintersorg - Vocals (for different characters and all)

Then i'd invite Papa Bear (tony levin for you who don't know him as that ) and Greg Howard for some stick madness, some generic musicians to play other instruments on some songs (saxophone, sitar, accordion, cello and all kinds of totally weird ethnic instruments), and also Ale to do some f0kin heavy metal guitars

now THAT would kick ass

[edit] Also forgot to add this: i'd call Benoit Jutras (the dude that composes for Cirque du Soleil) to make some songs

 

[Dred]

i think its too impossible for me to pick because theres so many choices depending on what genre of music was played. in short...

Lead guitar-Alexi Laiho
Lead #2-Yngwie Malmsteen
Rythym guitar-Ale
Bass#1-Victor Wooton (sp?) (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones)
Bass#2-Cliff Burton (Metallica)
Upright Bass-Kim Nekroman (The Nekromantix)
Drums#1-Vinnie Paul Abbot (Pantera)
Drums#2-Mike Portnoy (sp?) (Dream Theater)
Keys-Janne Warman
Vox#1-Alexi Laiho
Vox#2-James Hetfield (Metallica 86-95)
Banjo-Bela Fleck
Horns-The guys from Catch 22
Mandolin-The guy from Flogging Molly
Harmonica-John Popper (the fat guy from Blues Traveller)
The Jews Harp-Snoopy (Peanuts)
Lyrics written by Davey Havok (AFI) and James Hetfield (84-90)

 

[~metal_maiden~]

Drums: Nicko McBrain
Guitarist: Alexi Laiho
Guitarist: Jeff Loomis
Bass: Steve Harris/Cliff Burton
Keyboards: Janne Warman
Vocals: Warrel Dane/Bruce Dickinson

 

[Thanatopsis]

everyone forgets Weird Al on the Accordion

 

[Dred]

hahaha.....or the old guy in the trainstation from the movie Kids

 

[Thanatopsis]

Don't forget Kenny G
might want Prince too

 

[~metal_maiden~]

I love Prince's image...

 

[Dred]

kenny g sucks at life. fuck him. if i were to go for dentist office music id want Yani or Enya.

 

[Thanatopsis]

BTW, I wasn't being serious about Kenny G.

I do like Enya though

 

[Tut Ankh Amon]

UAEHueahuah kenny G sucks indeed
but kitaro and enya rule

 

[Thanatopsis]

Do you guys like Tarja, I wouldn't mind her voice in any band

 

[StratoxDeath]

Vocals: Shagrath (Dimmu Borgir)
Keyboards: Jens Johansson (Stratovarius)
Guitar: Alexi Laiho
Guitar: Nocturno Culto (Darkthrone) @Fenrir: HELL YEAH.
Bass: Cliff Burton
Drums: Daniel Erlandson (Arch Enemy)

 

[Malevolence]

hmm..

Guitar:Alexi Laiho(you'd better know where)
Guitar:Euronymous..even though hes dead..(Mayhem)
Guitar:Mikael Akerfeldt(Opeth)
Bass:Eric Langlois(Cryptopsy)
Drums:Yanic Bercier(Quo Vadis)
Vocals:either Tarja(Nightwish) or Cadaveria(ex- OperaIX)